[TR] Interesting experience

[John Macartney]

I recently watched a film on UK TV about a young lady, fresh out of high
school at 16 with few qualifications to her name. She'd got a love affair with
Bug Eye Sprites (yes, I know its the wrong list) but what she did was
a_mazing. 
She aspired to run her own Hairdressing Salon and this meant two
days a week at school learning about hair and make-up etc etc and four working
as a trainee. She saved her pennies and bought a real basket case of a 1960
Sprite. Dad said that if she was that determined he'd help her if she asked
him - but she didn't. 
So she went to night school to learn how to cut steel
sheet and weld. Then she did a course in mechanics, followed by another course
in painting and she read every book she could find in the local library about
car restoration and the mysteries of Lucas. Bless her, five years later she'd
finished that Sprite. It was drop dead gorgeous (though she was prettier) and
on its first outing to a classic car show, she won Car of the Day.
As a result
of all that determination, she then won sponsorship from an Enterprise Forum
and opened her own Salon and, apart from still using her Sprite, now has two
more Salons on the go. Pretty good going for someone under 25 who made up her
mind she was going to do it all herself and especially someone who isn't
afraid of hard work!

Jonmac   
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